Superstition

Two Motown favorites back to back, [laughs] and indeed, I think these are favorites.

Uh, the first, Stevie Wonder from 1972 with his Superstition, a song he says he wrote for Jeff Beck, but was encouraged to record it himself.

In fact, it got to number 11 in the UK in 1973.

That'll be followed by Ardine Taylor with a single that was called There's a Ghost in My House, written by Holland-Dozier-Holland, along with Ardine Taylor.

Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.

When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer.

Superstition ain't the way.

Yeah.

Let me see.

Oh, Super- yeah, Superstition is, uh, Superstition is definitely one of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs, for sure.

Yeah, you know what? It might be.

It might be, uh, it might be Superstition.

Randy Bo-Bandy with a pair of magenta bombs, a pair of Gunther bombs here on the stream.

And he did a Money in the Bank cash-in, which is why we're getting two rounds of Be the Booker tonight instead of one.

Oh, that's right, Lionel Richie, yes.

Yes.

... uh, rates this.

Well, I, I guess I must have Stevie Wonder Superstition.

Uh-huh.

And you know, you have a rating on here, and I, I think it's a four-star song.

Jeff Beck was invited to collaborate with Stevie Wonder for some recording sessions.

But instead of the guitar, Jeff Beck was fooling around on the drum kit when in walked Stevie and began riffing on the clavinet over the rhythm, and out came the unmistakable rhythm of Superstition.

It became a massive hit, went to one in the US.

It's Stevie Wonder now at 22.

You put things in your past.

When you believe in things that you don't understand and you suffer.

Superstition ain't the way.

Yeah.

Sure.

And then if we can also w- from that, if we could segue into what you believe the real story about Stevie Wonder and Superstition is.

There's two-

Mm-hmm

But at that's the time when he does the, uh, you know, s- supposedly he did the session with Stevie.

Yeah.

As thanks, Stevie wrote, was gonna give him Superstition, but so what happened there? And how did actually Supersti- did, did he actually play the drums, or what do you guys think?

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[laughs]Number eight, Superstition, Stevie Wonder

All right.

Yeah

Well, of course, Clint.

Stevie Wonder released his smash hit, Superstition.

And while I agree, Stevie Wonder is the GOAT, there was another important piece of Black history that also happened that year.

In 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman to seek the presidential nomination from any major political party in the United States.